Grade 6 Spring — Rhetorical Devices, Sentence Craft, and Formal Multi-Pass Peer Revision Protocols
English · WR
G6
eng.g6.s.wr.original_argument_with_rhetorical_devices
Compose an original argument with at least 3 NAMED RHETORICAL DEVICES applied (CCSS W.6.1.a-e; L.6.3.a applied)
Compose a 5-6 paragraph original argument (revision/extension of fall argument or new topic). Apply at least 3 named rhetorical devices deliberately — anaphora, parallelism, asyndeton, rhetorical question, or antithesis. Mark devices in the script for oral performance. Maintain formal style with audience awareness (ethos/pathos/logos balance).
Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
8
Typical minutes
60
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
- Plan, research, draft, revise, peer-edit, and publish a 5-6 paragraph argument with at least 2 sources and 1 counterclaim (CCSS W.6.1.a-e)
- Identify and construct PARALLELISM — matching grammatical structure across phrases or clauses (CCSS L.6.1.e applied; CCSS L.6.3.a)
- Identify and construct ANAPHORA — repetition at the start of successive clauses or sentences (CCSS L.6.3.a; RI.6.4)
- Identify and construct RHETORICAL QUESTIONS — questions posed for effect, not requiring an answer (CCSS L.6.3.a; RI.6.6)
Successors
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eng.g7.s.wr.full_rhetorical_argument
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eng.g7.f.wr.research_essay_mla
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Common misconceptions
- Forces a device for the sake of including it (device serves no rhetorical purpose).
- Applies devices but doesn't mark them in the script for performance.